A free simulator program for teaching power quality concepts

McEachern, Alex

doi:10.1109/epqu.2007.4424112

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“…In the light of this analysis, the most common learning outcome is the ability to characterize and describe power harmonics (or power quality in general) and their effects . A total of 28% of studies expect students to be able to analyze this distortion .…”

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“…With relation to harmonic distortion indicators, the prevalent indicator to measure the harmonic distortion is the representation of the “harmonic spectrum,” since it is used in 68% of the existing studies . With a similar level of penetration, the THD is used by 63% of the works , and the display of the “voltage and current waveforms” is included in 47% of the studies . The real PF is another metric commonly used in harmonic modeling and simulation, considered in 32% of the existing studies .…”

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“…With a similar level of penetration, the THD is used by 63% of the works , and the display of the “voltage and current waveforms” is included in 47% of the studies . The real PF is another metric commonly used in harmonic modeling and simulation, considered in 32% of the existing studies . With a lower level of penetration, the use of the root‐mean‐square values of the current and voltage signals are considered by 16% of the works , which is a similar percentage as for the P average metric .…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The real PF is another metric commonly used in harmonic modeling and simulation, considered in 32% of the existing studies . With a lower level of penetration, the use of the root‐mean‐square values of the current and voltage signals are considered by 16% of the works , which is a similar percentage as for the P average metric . Additionally, studies focusing more exclusively on power harmonics stand out for presenting a wide variety of power quality metrics.…”

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“…Another important point that deserves to be analyzed is referred to the functionalities provided by the different tools. A total of 84% of the existing studies are exclusively focused on harmonic distortion, while the remaining 16% also cover other types of power quality phenomena like dip/sag (instantaneous decrement of voltage/current) , swell (instantaneous increment of voltage/current), notching , or flicker [43,46]. Other additional functionalities that have been considered are the analysis of the load power flow [3,12], the examination of the loads’ behavior for different frequencies or the modeling and simulation of filters to mitigate the effect of the non‐linear loads [12,38].…”

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A survey on modeling and simulation practices for teaching power harmonics

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In recent years the undergraduate engineering curriculum of several areas has started to incorporate the study of harmonic distortion on electrical systems. Several education simulation tools have been developed and investigated, most of them a short time ago. However, to the best of our knowledge, there is not any literature review on this topic. In this work, we present for the first time a systematic survey on educational tools to model and simulate the effect of power harmonics on industrial electrical networks. As a result, several improvement aspects have been identified and recommendations and implications for future research have been provided. For that, a retrospective study has been accomplished, showing a growing trend toward simulation and modeling. The key teachers’ perceptions to incorporate these practices are the ease of the teaching‐learning process and the importance of modeling and simulation in the industry. The main research challenge is the conduction of integral assessments that comprise both tools’ quality and use experience, and their contribution to achieve learning outcomes. Statistical tests should be used to validate the academic results obtained. This is a major challenge, since only a few of the existing studies incorporate such tests. Other implications for future research refer to the involvement of a higher number of students in the evaluations and the use of free software in the development of the applications.

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confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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A survey on modeling and simulation practices for teaching power harmonics

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A survey on modeling and simulation practices for teaching power harmonics

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Marcuello

et al. 2018

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In recent years the undergraduate engineering curriculum of several areas has started to incorporate the study of harmonic distortion on electrical systems. Several education simulation tools have been developed and investigated, most of them a short time ago. However, to the best of our knowledge, there is not any literature review on this topic. In this work, we present for the first time a systematic survey on educational tools to model and simulate the effect of power harmonics on industrial electrical networks. As a result, several improvement aspects have been identified and recommendations and implications for future research have been provided. For that, a retrospective study has been accomplished, showing a growing trend toward simulation and modeling. The key instructors’ perceptions to incorporate these practices are the ease of the teaching‐learning process and the importance of modeling and simulation in the industry. The main research challenge is the conduction of integral assessments that comprise both tools’ quality and use experience, and their contribution to achieve learning outcomes. Statistical tests should be used to validate the academic results obtained. This is a major challenge, since only a few of the existing studies incorporate such tests. Other implications for future research refer to the involvement of a higher number of students in the evaluations and the use of free software in the development of the applications.

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Simulation of power quality events using simulink model

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Ramachandaramurthy

2013

2013 IEEE 7th International Power Engineering and Optimization Conference (PEOCO)

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A free simulator program for teaching power quality concepts

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A survey on modeling and simulation practices for teaching power harmonics

A survey on modeling and simulation practices for teaching power harmonics

A survey on modeling and simulation practices for teaching power harmonics

Simulation of power quality events using simulink model

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